Tag: Arts
The exhibition to see: Ferdinand Hodler and Valentine, death at work
“Death has the beauty of truth. It is death, it is its greatness, that I see through those traits that were lovable, loved, adored, and that it invades”, wrote Ferdinand…
Basquiat, a ticket to Africa • Trailer
On August 12, 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat was found dead in his apartment in New York. Overdose. In his business, tell his friends, a plane ticket for Abidjan. The most famous…
Death of Alphonse Beni, Cameroonian actor and director with a singular career
Cameroonian actor and director Alphonse Beni, nicknamed the “black ninja”, died on March 12, 2023 at the age of 77. Two years ago, he was rewarded for his entire career…
“Kigali in Paris”, a space to support young Rwandan artists
Rwandan culture in all its facets is in Paris this March. Theatre, dance, music, cinema, comics, stand-up, comedy, but also fashion shows. Le Lavoir Moderne, in the heart of the…
Master ès “uchiwa”: when Hiroshige engraved fans
“Look at the Japanese, they are masters of fans; their screens are of exquisite taste and their screens of prodigious originality…”, writes the author and illustrator Gustave Fraipont in one…
“The great art” of the Indian painter SH Raza celebrated at the Center Pompidou
How to speak of a dialogue of cultures when entire civilizations remain neglected in the globalized space of contemporary creation? Very few know the name of Sayed Haider Raza (1922-2016).…
“Woman – Life – Freedom – Equality – Fraternity”, the art of creating links
” When the freedom of a woman in Iran is violated, that of a French woman is too. To combat silence and indifference, she had Mahsa Amini’s name entered and…
At the Pinault Collection, Thu Van Tran wants to “transcribe violence” through beauty
“Before the Storm” is a title that sounds like an alarm in the face of climate issues. It is that of the new exhibition of the Pinault Collection at the…
In Lille, an exhibition for the visually impaired invites you to discover the works through touch
/ Podcasts / Report France At the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, in the north of France, an unprecedented exhibition is on offer. Its name: “Please touch”. Visitors are invited…
Retrospective of African-American artist Faith Ringgold at the Picasso Museum
/ Podcasts / Cultural meeting Since the struggles for civil rights in the 1960s, it has finally received recognition from the institutions of the artistic world. At over 90 years…